BBC Lausanne

BBC Lausanne (Basket Ball Club Lausanne) is a Swiss basketball club from Lausanne.

History

The club was founded on November 25, 1929 ^[1] under the name L'epi sport Lausanne and was the first basketball club in the city. In the 1950s, the name change to Sanas Merry Boys. Since 2010, the club is called BBC Lausanne.

In 2014, the club was in debt. According to the club president in 2016, the club sought a budget between 400,000 and 800,000 Swiss francs to finish the 2016–17 season in the top 6 of the LNA.^[2] After completing the first qualifying round, BBC Lausanne took the 6th place.^[3]

Honours

• Swiss League

Winners (2):^[4] 1951–52, 1963–64

• Swiss Cup

Winners (6):^[5] 1945–46, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1962–63

References

1. . 30 January 2018. Archived from the original on 24 February 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
2. "Les nouvelles ambitions du BBC Lausanne". 24 Heures (in German). Retrieved 2017-02-22.
3. "Le BBC Lausanne flanche sur la fin", TDG.ch/ (in German), retrieved 2017-02-22
4. . www.swissbasketball.ch. Archived from the original on 2017-10-03.
5. "Basketball - Sanas Merry Boys (Suisse) : Palmares, résultats et identité".